- bleach
- bli:
1. noun(liquid etc used for whitening clothes etc.) lejía
2. verb(to lose colour; to whiten: The sun has bleached his red shirt; His hair bleached in the sun.) blanquear, decolorarbleach1 n lejíathey use bleach to make the sheets white utilizan lejía para blanquear las sábanasbleach2 vb1. meter en lejíaI'll have to bleach this blouse tendré que meter esta blusa en lejía2. aclararthe sun bleaches your hair el sol te aclara el pelobleachtr[bliːʧ]noun1 lejíatransitive verb1 (whiten) blanquear2 (remove colour) desteñir, decolorar3 (hair) decolorarintransitive verb1 (whiten) blanquearse2 (lose colour) desteñirse, descolorarsebleach ['bli:ʧ] vt: blanquear, decolorarbleach n: lejía f, blanqueador mbleachn.(§ pl.: bleaches) = colada s.f.• lejía s.f.v.• blanquear v.• colar v.• curar v.• emblanquecer v.
I bliːtʃmass & count noun lejía f, blanqueador m (Col, Méx), lavandina f (Arg), agua f‡ Jane® (Ur), cloro m (AmC, Chi)
II
transitive verb \<\<cloth\>\> (in the sun) blanquear; (with bleach) poner* en lejía (or blanqueador etc)[bliːtʃ]1.N lejía f2.VT [+ clothes] blanquear; [+ hair] aclarar, decolorar3.VI blanquearse* * *
I [bliːtʃ]mass & count noun lejía f, blanqueador m (Col, Méx), lavandina f (Arg), agua f‡ Jane® (Ur), cloro m (AmC, Chi)
II
transitive verb \<\<cloth\>\> (in the sun) blanquear; (with bleach) poner* en lejía (or blanqueador etc)
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.